Date:         Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:42:29 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      gerry in name only is never in my digest
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Blaine,
      There exist a virus that uses the infected
person's address book to do the "SENT FROM" action.
The sent from addressee need not have been infected
nor would he be aware that his e-mail address is being
used to send the virus.   If a person gets a virus
these days it is impossible to know for sure who sent
it but most certainly if you are included in someones
address book you can receive a virus from the infected
address book holder but also be used passively in name
only to send the virus.   If someone has the address
vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM in their address book and
has blbachman@aol.com in their address book as well
and they become infected, the clever little virus
could send "blbachman@aol.com" a virus and use the
address "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM " as the sender
when in fact it is being sent by a third common
infected party.  YOU CANNOT GET A VIRUS FROM GERRY.
but you can get a virus from some unfortunate soul
claiming to be gerry after openning the virus.
regards gary
--- blainebachman <blbachman@aol.com> wrote:
> I've tried to warn Tom to do some deeper
> investigation into the true
> source of two virus-laden messages sent to the main
> list (and
> erroneously attributed to me).
>
> My research indicates that:
>
> 1.  This is another worm that exploits the
> weaknesses of Microsoft's
> email products - since I was signed up to the list
> using my aol
> address, I believe this rules my machine out as the
> source (since I
> know of no way to use Outlook to read aol email).
>
> 2.  McAfee reports that when sending itself out,
> this worm often
> spoofs another email address (from the address book)
> in the 'from:'
> line.
>
> 3.  Finally, my machine wasn't even on during the
> times these emails
> were sent.
>
> Bottom line is whoever is on the list and IS the one
> infected will
> probably be the unwitting source of future
> virus-laden messages - but
> again spoofing the email address of another member.
>
> Nevertheless, I'd like to hear any good, fact-based,
> constructive
> comments on my above assertions; (I've heard enough
> already from the
> main list's ass-holes).
>
> -Blaine
>
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